The defendant wrote that having to hire a new lawyer "will significantly damage the preservation and presentation of my ...

U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill, who oversaw the first trial, has scheduled a 1 p.m. telephonic hearing to consider ...

Konstantinos Diamantis' attorney Norm Pattis said Diamantis hasn't paid him for defending him in his first trial.

Federal prosecutors have begun preparing for the new trial, taking a guilty plea to extortion and bank fraud charges last ...

An attorney who formerly represented Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis filed a motion Monday to withdraw from representing him ...

Norman Pattis, the well-known criminal defense lawyer who represented Konstantinos "Kosta" Diamantis in his recent corruption ...

Federal prosecutors disclosed the charges against the former state official in the Medicaid conspiracy while he was awaiting trial in the school building case ...

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Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, a former Connecticut lawmaker and deputy budget director, exits the U.S. District Court in Hartford after being charged with 22 counts on May 16, 2023. SHAHRZAD RASEKH ...

Kosta Diamantis at Una Dolce Vita, a restaurant near the Bridgeport Federal Court building, where jurors were deliberating his fate on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025 Credit: Dave Altimari / CT Mirror One ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — Tensions in the Bridgeport federal courthouse where Kosta Diamantis is standing trial for bribery and extortion reached a high watermark on Friday, with the judge presiding ...

Faced with mounting complaints from contractors and union officials in the summer of 2020, Konstantinos Diamantis worked with top aides to Gov. Ned Lamont to help diffuse tensions surrounding his ...